Increased aortic arch calcification in patients older than 75 years: Implications for carotid artery stenting in elderly patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 841-845

  Bazan, Hernan A ^a   Pradhan, Sanjeev ^a   Mojibian, Hamid ^a   Kyriakides, Tassos ^b   Dardik, Alan ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 35549010145     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.06.048     Document Type: Article

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